Gen. nov. Xenica. (Fig. 2.)
([xenicos] — peregrinus.)
Vertex planus, fastigio triangulari, depresso. Pronotum disco planiusculo, antice et postice late emarginato, carinis lateralibus eburneis, plus minus distincte expresses, obtusis vel crenulatis, a sulco transverse interruptis. Elytra in utroque sexu subtota libera, brevia, venis expressis. Femora antica pronoto duplo longiora. Femora postica gracilia, subtus inermia. Tibiae anticae supra sulcatae, spinulosae. Pectus latiusculum, meso- et metasternum transversa, truncata. Cerci [male] recti. Lamina subgenitalis [male] brevis attenuata. Ovipositor compressus, subrectus, acuminatus, marginibus apice serratis. [male, female]
Dispositio specierum.
1. Pronotum carinis eburneis obtusis.. Statura minore. 1. Dohrni spec. nov.
1' Pronotum carinis eburneis crenulatis. Statura majore. 2. superba spec. nov.
1. Xenica Dohrni spec. nov.
[male] Statura minore. Fastigium verticis depressum, acuminatum, haud sulcatum. Antennae pallidae, articulis basalibus binis atro-maculatis. Pronotum margine postico angustissime atro, angulo insertionis loborum deflexorum calloso-carinato, albo, linea sanguinea extus apposita, lobis deflexis multo longioribus quam altioribus, infuscatis. Elytra pronoto multo breviora,
[male]
Long. corporis ..................... 15 mm
Long. pronoti ........................ 3 mm
Long. elytrorum .................. 2.5 mm
Long. femorum anticorum .....7.5 mm
Long. femorum posticorum ... 20 mm
Patria: Santa Catharina in Brasilia (coll. Dohrn).
2. Xenica superba spec. nov. (Fig. 2.)
[female] Statura magna. Fastigium verticis triangulare, depressum. Antennae rufo-fuscae, albido-annulati, articulis basalibus binis subtus atris. Pronotum disco velutino, toto fusco et granuloso, carinis pallidis, crenwlatis, a sulco transverso profunde interruiptis, lobis deflexis humilibus, margine inferiore recto, margine postico valde obliquo, recto. Elytra segmentum abdominale primum haud superantia, truncata, fusca, pallide reticulata. Femora omnia lobis genicularibus acuminatis, sat productis. Abdomen unicolor. Ovipositor pronoto duplo longior, subrectits, acuminatus, margine inferiore in quarto, parte apicali rotundato, retrorsum serrato. Lamina subgenitalis triangularis, attenuata, apice obtusa.
[female]
Long. corporis ....................... 25 mm
Long. pronoti ....................... 5.5 mm
Long. elytrorum .................... 2.8 mm
Long. femorum anticorum ...... 10 mm
Long. femorum posticorum .... 24 mm
Long. ovipositoris ..................12 mm
Patria: Santa Catharina in Brasilia (coll. Dohrn).
[pp. 39/40, slightly modified, sex symbols replaced by male/female, fig. 2 at species superba]
